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This is an attempt to compare Cargo with other tools.

Features	Cargo	Smartfrog	Geronimo
Configure containers/Generate configuration
Start/stop containers
Number of containers supported
Distributed install of containers
Types of containers/nodes supported

Its usage is currently focused on the development environment.
Doesn't support distributed installations
Supports remote deployments of J2EE archives
Currently focused on J2EE containers but the architecture is general and can support any type of containers (database, IDEs, EAIs, etc).

Completely wraps containers/components. Need adapter (GBean) to match component lifeycle with Geronimo's lifecycle.
Focused on runtime and management of containers/components.